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High school students gain insight into public health careers
May 13, 2014 — Don’t take your toilet and clean drinking water for granted. In many parts of the world, good sanitation systems don’t exist and the consequences—such as deadly outbreaks of waterborne infectious diseases—can be devastating, emergency…
Intensive course in Brazil immerses students in public health fieldwork
Students from Harvard School of Public Health and Harvard College traveled to Brazil in January 2014 for an intensive-three week Winter Session course exploring public health in the world’s fifth-largest country. In addition to classwork, the students visited…
Across Harvard, cross-registration on the rise
Jessica Walradt, who is pursuing a master of science in health policy and management at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), spent last summer interning at the White House in the Medicaid branch and returned to her classwork…
Improve education to boost global economy
Despite progress made in educational systems in recent decades, over 100 million children are not enrolled in primary or lower-secondary school, and many of those who do attend lack basic reading and writing skills, according to the World…
Harvard’s Humanitarian Initiative and Humanitarian Academy release year-end report on accomplishments
The Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI) and its affiliate the Humanitarian Academy at Harvard released a joint report on the past year’s accomplishments in research and education. Released January 13, 2014, the report outlines HHI’s efforts to advance humanitarian…
Global impact through education
[Fall 2013 Centennial issue] From its earliest days, HSPH has enjoyed a reputation as a global center for public education and research, in part a reflection of the strong support the School received from the Rockefeller Foundation to…
Transforming public health education
[Fall 2013 Centennial issue] Education unbound How has public health education evolved in the last 100 years? Where is it headed in the future? Six Harvard School of Public Health faculty deeply involved in the revolution now taking…
Health rights advocates gather to learn, network
October 3, 2013 — It is not just that there is a need for improved access to both health and justice systems, Harvard School of Public Health Lecturer Alicia Ely Yamin told a group of students gathered for…
$12.5 Million Establishes Transforming Public Health Education Initiative Fund at HSPH
Donors provide additional $2.5 million to improve health systems performance globally For immediate release: Monday, September 16, 2013 Boston, MA -- A major effort underway at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) to redesign its educational strategy has…
HarvardX’s fall course lineup includes new HSPH offerings
Harvard is planning to offer a dozen new online courses in the 2013-14 school year through HarvardX—the University’s branch of the online education platform edX— including new courses taught by Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) faculty. The…